Expert learning for law students
By: by Michael Hunter Schwartz.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Carolina Academic Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Durham, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9781594605451
Subjects: Law students -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Law -- Study and teaching -- United States
Genres: Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Description: "Expert Learning for Law Students is designed to help law students build the learning and analytical skills necessary to succeed in law school, on the bar exam, and in law practice. Based on the findings of hundreds of educational studies, this book reveals how successful law students and lawyers plan, monitor, and implement their work. It also explains how experts reflect on their learning processes and identify any necessary adjustments to those processes. Detailed guidance regarding individual personality types and learning styles is also provided. The book includes more than 50 charts and graphics as well as numerous suggestions for selecting and implementing strategies for case reading and case briefing; taking notes; memorizing; managing time, stress, and workload; developing legal analysis skills; and preparing for and taking law school examinations."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to expert learning; title: Introduction to law school instruction; title: How humans learn; title: The self-regulated learning (SRL) cycle; title: The forethought phase of the SRL cycle; title: Know thyself: personality types and learning styles; title: The performance phase of the SRL cycle; title: The reflection phase of the SRL cycle; title: Strategies for reading and briefing court opinions; title: Strategies for learning in the law school classroom; title: Strategies for obtaining assistance; title: Organizational strategies; title: Memorization strategies; title: Strategies for excelling in legal research and writing classes; title: Strategies for learning legal analysis; title: Strategies for preparing for and taking law school examinations; title: A chapter for the family and friends of law students.